ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — The Saint Louis Billikens halted an eight-game slide Wednesday, edging the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles 3-1 at Billiken Sports Center.

Southern Indiana took a 1-0 lead in the second on Coll’s sacrifice bunt. Saint Louis tied it in the fourth when D. Kleinheide was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. The Billikens won it in the seventh on an RBI double by Hank Gomric and a run-scoring single by R. Iffrig.

Saint Louis pitchers Liam McKinney, Caden Earing and Max McGwire combined to allow one run over nine innings. Southern Indiana’s Ean DiPasquale threw three hitless innings in relief.

The Billikens improved to 1-8. The Screaming Eagles fell to 6-3.